Display device



F. c. KAISER ET AL May 18 1926.

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May 18 1926.

F. c. KAISER ET AL DISPLAY DEVICE 9 s H a ERR N t 1 Nwmf 4 5 w a 1 6 M 43 m y. 6 66 mm; 8 x ,RP DE v 0 4 mm Fv Hf M w w M m i 1 5 May 18 1926.

, I F. c. KAISER ET AL.

DISPLAY DEVICE FilegiMay 14' 8 Sheets-Sheet 4 FkEDER/c/r H. [fa/5m HTToRrrsr.

' May 18,1926.

' F. C. KAISER ET AL DISPLAY DEVICE Filed May 14 1924 8 Sheets-Sheet 5 r flTTaRnEK May 18 1926. V 1,584,777

.- F. c. KAISER ET AL DISPLAY DEVICE .F'iled May 14. 1924 8 Sheets-Sheet 7 llYl/E/YTORS FREpR/c/c C. Jig/551a FREDERICK H. Kflf-S'ER.

v .HTTORIIEYQH 1,584,777 F. C. KAISER ET AL DISPLAY DEVICE Filed May 14. 1924 s Sheets-Sheet a FIRST REUDLUTIM REUnLuTmN THlRD REVDLUTIDH fzvyszv TOR s FREpR/m C. lfmsm FREDERMK'H. KHJSER.

's @e iheedi Patented Meiji WEDBIQK, KAISER ANQFREDERICK his 'Mm'rqm, ;IN 2I-M; i f i Y smsfr mypgvmn 7 s v Ap lieatigh'fiieasma 14,

Thisinvent-ion relates. to, meehaliicziirdis play devices andhas; fer 'itsjobjeeb tb "pm- Wilde, meansforf carrying a comparatively; 1

. mnkfwheelflifl rotated: through an ,zvngle pi "hinge niunbefepf display.cards 01;"- plafies, aind Y v for so eflecting the; ehangeufitom one; to the Jother inthe displaying thereof, that Within] a, gi-venfcime; each, Que 0i; t ghe; tote-1 nu ber- "of; cards ei'rried is caused tejeppeer ab each onebfisevetal indows or; display openings.

'ioperafifng meehanism.. i

10. .v 0111; in-x ent ion, imthe formendamnge- 1 1nje it,,ias isl ewn in; the presenf speeifieaition is adaptedwizodisplay the-{bards at windows arrangedwt'loe'tiensspaced from a 2011 111011 center-sd tliat'thejeards are; presentedwto the 0isqbiservers!a pp ea h g" mm. a y spolygenaliorm, of any desired falilgiiul de crib in h le ne spe t on, and illustrated inthe aecol npa nying drawings.- T e nv nb en is defin d in th app ded elaims. "Therseve al,,parts of'the inizenti n' v are identifiedbysuitable cham'cters ofrefer;-

ence appliedthereto, in? the difierent mews.

in which-+4 Y I Figure: 1115; anvext'erior view of cabine f 0ct g9na1 forman Wi h n which h Figure-3isg i top plan View taken on the 9- line 3?? iII FigIIIQ 2', the-reof 'having been igureflf si c r l ,ver ic l s ti n l 1 view-,takeneii the line: in Figure 3 .Fig ir ure 2 Jon; the. line 9+9 in Figure" 81' hanisn for carrying our/inven- 2 tion iILtOQfiBCQ QOHSiStJS fi the: neweon stj ue r b na on and arrang m of Pa 'WhQQlQZQL-lOWQI'QdZ. s is i Figure 113 is. a tfop10131 1 View of the-crank "whegl; Z2; taken" on; the line,;13;13j-in Fig-- ure I playing mechanism iszcon'tained. The. lower. portien of the cabinet ispartia-lly broken Fig ie 2 i aan la g dr front viewo'fi t he.

- cast in e't' njenia iigegiseqtionalisegmentel top pl n 'v ew itekelmn the linev in "Fig? i 1924. S'er iaPNaif-7133166;

Wheel opposifeltol tlie pbsitioii SBOWIIeiIIi 3 Fi 'urefi is 9 0."di egtees;.- .s v,

F gure 71s: iverfiieelisectzi Tel; View mken an/the; line; and? seen; m; direction of the arrow Z1111 Figui e 6.

Figure 8 isafiehlerged front iriewi ofthes Figure 11 isapse'etlnofnalfl top plan-viewffi :take'non theiline lilefillimEigmze 1 Figure 12 iis -ai vertical s,e.csi.0nal; view-taken j 5 I :on the line; 12:.-.-l2,,.. and seen: in: he direction indicated. by" the? arrow 12 in. Figure 6;.

Figured? is a. viewisimilanto Figure. 12, 7 0 the latter iew however-showing the crank I Figure 14:; is ceiitrarliverbiealzsectiohel iew fiaken oni;the11ine 14++145in157igur3 13$ 1 s. Figure 1,5: is adiagrammetiepfrontView I showing the relative, posit-ionsfo'f the racks qzindithe eardsthereon, V

F gure :16 s, a dia'g-Bam mt-ie view-1 showing j and dotted lines to indieate the Line; tram ersed: by thejdisplay card; dui-ing'*th.re.e acomi- -1 plece: rotationsoi (the: carrier, 1 and in" which 8B the eneicard' ("for example the eard A- is; flamed bev appear in each Qfthef eight-Windew-s thedeiiagen shaped,

nected} dland t-ile i' eps.

1 v1394mm 2o the ide fihefeight WinddWsafraHg-d: as; 0 .1 a plane,

i 1 finansverse siiiembers and; 2106-11; '90

These uptight 1 7 strlicture 10; may be provided With 11 in which is retained anorna'ment. This ornament consist of an electricsocket" in which. an iel'ectric lamp 12 mayfbeoper sated. "ln 'each lof the casement paneIs Q, is; provided afwindow or opening 14 Whichjmay be of'therectangiilar form as shownQ ItZis a 1 movement andnpon I Whichcarrier,a number of rackslor holders-for the'cards are carr ed. The carrier is adapted to" be shlfted at'each at thesefiwindows" that the plates orfplanes" upon which are borne the subject matterftof be presentedjt-o .the viewenlare presented: I '1 These plates hereinafter designated as ards,

"fimay bega standard size of about twelve}; inches'high, and twenty-one inchesin length;

' #Inthe present machine,thezcombination and arrangement of parts and the equipment thereof 'is such that in the operating of the *l6and 17 of -the frame merjnbers and respectively. Power to impart continuous rotation of thisshaft may consistof an elec j tric motor 1M geared to a gearwheel 18 th'atis secured to the said shaft. 1

Ati l' Ivosition above theseveral parts described a carrier 'is-niountedforfgrot'ative actuation; in "a rvotative-direction, one eighth of a rex olutio-n, or the dista'nce betweenthe I Windows. The card racks area'daptedfforj ,niovement vertically and are actuated to [move through a certain diStanceQa-nd at-certain' momentsf ivithregard to the action} of "the carrier,- aslyvill be, presently described;

a The saidcarrier consists of a pairof metal plates "20' .and -21 {supported at spaced disk t'ance, apart bynpri'ght members 22." These nembers 22; consistF ot smoothly "finished metal 'bars or rods which not only constitute iramemembers of the carrie1" but "also I per: 1 Y torinjthe function of guide bars for the ver ticallyw movable "c'ard- 'racks presently to be;

' referred to.

. @entrally of the plate is a bearing 'blockf by 23 which is supportedand jonrnaled 'on'the to-p bf the shaft'15.) 245 designates. aj onrnal bearing sec-tired centrally of t-he plate 21. shal%t 25 has its :bottoni 'cndournaled in i l theb'1ocli,l23; and itsgupper portion is jour- K'naled in tl iebl0cl 24I The shaft 25 ismain tained' at the vertical fjcentrahpo'sition as "shown, by having its upper end "retained, I in the bossy8 of the cabinet frame, v-

By the "foregoingdescription it.

1 on a collar 50; The I rided With an arni ifli Y observed "that I the f carr'ierjjis retained at ve tical position-and atthe 'sa-megti'ine itiisii-eel. to F be movedrdtativly; 'i Neal each of the plate '20 on the lower side is a recess26, I A detent 27 slidingly retained in a: bracket 1 '28, and actuated by a springv29. facts as a latch ,t,ofengage the carrier at all timesat' p04} I I sition with its lateral faces at registration 7 alignment With the casement panels On Y.

acircular table 30 that is centrally secured" on a support 3l at position a suitable dis- *tELIICG'bQlOW the carrier plate 20, are theup Whose functionsvvill "p'r'esently'be referred to.;

said carrier'are light frames, Which we des card racks consists of a pair of. rackbars 33 and (the latter beingftoothe'd,as shownv n F1gnre 5 connected at spaced distance" Adapted to be shifted Vertically on the "ignate [as card racks. Eachicard rack is t similartothe 0ther,and't0 each rack-are; attached :the'displa ybards that are tolbe' v eXhibite-clat the. Windows 14: Eachof these apart bycross pieces 34.]Suitably borcd;'

lugs-35 onfithe back of each crosspieee tit s'lidingly'on the guidel'barsfl iso thatth'e' racks so supported are capableof "being movedffreely. "Thecar'd racks vvithfthree' cards "on each, andnrranged in four Ipa-irs nect'edgt'o thev plate' 2l ofthe carrier. v

11(four pairs at raised and' fonrflpairs at lowered position) are siipported', iand" are moved I by pinions-36-thatmesh withthe' 'teeth off yrack'barsi83ff Each piniolrissecured to a :1; I shaft 37"arranged radially, andon its-inner 1 endflis secured'af'beveled pinion "38. The shafts 37 are journal'ed insnitable beariiigs :th'erefor carri'ed' by a frame flmember"; 39' Whichis supported by frame bars Q con l j Means operable from 'the-continuously I meving drive shaft 15 to cause the movement 0f each rackqone half of itslength andto' shift the carrier, then to cause fthe rnove'ment I of the rack the last hali'of (its strok -mad to shift the carr i'e'ryan'cl then to eausenie re- "verse movement-foil? the;rack-its entirelength or fullst-rokc and to: shift the c'arri'e-r,-and "to repeat these j operative movement slycon sists' of the combination anclfzil'lan gelflllt I of parts asfolloivsi 1 and5' having the: circular racl; 42-to mesh with the bevel pin i0ns' 38, is journaledonthe s'haft 25, and is supported;collar 'tliati's secured to said'sha' ft. zz'lhesegmental rack 44 onfthe-s'aidgear wheel 41," n1eshes" 7 with age'arl ivl ieel 45 that, secured to a] shaft 4C6. T he shafted is journal-ed in bear ings of. a framejmemberfl that is secured to the carrier'plate '20," A smaller pinion 5L8 on 't11'e'shaft'125 and which hub rests loosely Itiis apparent that by "a-niovement of'the .fgeaii sector 49' there is. imparted I through the g ai g ju t d scribedsm-"1111mm tithe ion pistons 36 thiit there isthemete ent of the card reeks. Seemed" to the .drlvingsh'tft as shown in Figures 8 end 10 is 2 gem-pimion 51 whichmeshes'with-gear Wheel 52that isse'cnied to a sl'iai't" 58'Whic-h is' supported by 2i stud 53*froin cerhiei'f p la-teflO.

pinion 54:- of' gear wh'celfifl meshes with Wheel 55 that issecu'iie'd to vertical shaft 56*. Th e shztft 5e-1iss its1ewer portion o urnale'd in boxii g 57 of 'snppoi't'hifecket 58', and its upper portion isjj'onr'iiz'i'led in suitable box leach OfQW'hiCh lugs has a recess mgthereferin the support member 5 9.

b'rear'pin on' 6O secnre'd to shaft '56, meshes with gearwheetfil'whlch 1s jo-i'irnsled on a stud'G'l which carried by the said, carrier plate 20 asshowrr plainly in Figure 12. S6 7 cured to the geantwhe'ei 61* are. cains- 62, 63,

and 6 1. The fun tioi'is performed by these cams site imp*otttnt, and will presently be 'fiill-y described, r .c

Secured to the un'deis'ide of 'cii rrier pTzite 20 is a guides-94y hlofck (see- Figifitef'?) in which is tslidingly' r'etlain'ed a pushrod' 6613 Powei" mns'mittim connections between this push rod, and the ennet) of the gear sector 49, consistof lever 6'7 fuicitun'ied on a hio'ck 68 Carried on the, underside of carrier ,plate 20, and the ends of whichdevei" h e-1*- are connected wine-push :io'd, and the f ear'secf tor errn 49 153 togglehl'ze connecting rods 69 and '70. Iii-"Will be observed that the push Tod 66 isn't aignment to he engaged by the cam 62. The ieia't ive positions oftheseeanis 6 2 63 and Gareshown in Figures 7 and, 8 and 11, all of which said ca insfl move in unison with the gear Wheel 61.

The direction of inovement'of the severz l gear Wheels is indicated by the arrow narks applied thereto in the drawings at Figures the cainte' VGflliCZthSiTflft 71' (see Figures 8 and 14) .isjoni'naed in snitapbieboxings therefor; in the carrierfplilte and the frame fed 73 (see FiguieG) havingone. end loosely connected by .a'hillf zin'd' socket ointto the ge'z rl sector arm-49, has ts forwardend similarly connected toa 'ero'ssheecd 74. This cross head is coiinecteldfl to theis d ci ank WhQGi in such manner that While 1t 1s norvmadly locked at thepoSition shown and at which position it periomns the function of a crank, 'tlie'ii'seid cross head is capihleofhei'ng tiniocked from its said posit-ion-,*and of being permitted to IDOVQ 'tO' a: sim iat ope erntive position on the opposite side 9 ci ank'wheeh I v The said cross head is retainedbetween guide bars 75- (see Figure 13 whitene s secured to the crank Wheel at position d1-- ametiicallfy' 'acro'ss its 'fa c e. On the Und'rhypmovi'ng'the card racksfa 'l'ialfstiekdj :bi'ingiiig'the"parts the p sitienishc n iii locked at ,its position.

'c'arr'ied by the-member 76,- By' inspiring 2s's-id '6fankwhee1 s tea-deal studs -77! which engagement with the inner edges of the gi'iide hai's, the cross head 74" thus being wardl'y from the m'einber 76*aie lugs 8O On the carrierplate- 205stl'ocationfadja cent to' the mechanism just describedisja device, capable of. being facti -ated by the cam 63,- and' which device thestuds 7 8 are caused to i'etr'act fi"01n t1'1e guide Way between the guideba-rs 75. In smock-81- Extending" -down -w which is secured to tl'ie'stiid. carrier plate'is sii'dingly disposed as1ideh2tr82, andpw hos'e end is at a plenegto he engaged by the Cain .613, and which bar is urged toward said cam by a spfi11g".83; Tinsslide bar has loose j" Connection with the lever 84,,2m d Whichfj lever; half has connection with the push bar T 85; Push hair 85is-supported at registration FigurelQ.v I

To" obtain positive rotativ'e movement on it plan'e'wi ith the lugs 80, When the crank 1 Wheel is at the raised position, as shown in .of the shaft 71" at predetermined moin'ents, .and to assure flieietention of the saidfsha-ftf' against no'vement between the moments of actuation, we provide the mechanism comprising the star Wheel device shown.- fiThe star wheel 86'sp ovided *Withilh gate- Ways 86, as shown inf'Fignres Send 9 is which the. star Wheel, iests, ind also for the driver" stud 88xw'hose function. is to enter SeenredtOthe shaft 71 the-ems of which h star Wheel, register with the peripheral face of the actuatoliiiheelfiifl v'lfhe annular bottom flange 87? constitutes fa supportupon the gateway 86?, and tomove the star Wheel.

The recess 87 in the actuator wheel to permit the-passing of the star Wheelnose, is

indicated bythe dotted lines." The 'actuatoi" Wheelie secured to thejshaft 56; f The device operates th'rough' one cycle is [follows Assume; that the device is in the :positionshown i'n Figuresfi?" and 12. The shaftf5 6 is rotated from theshaft 15th1'ong'h c gears 51, 52,,54and55p Attfhefirstfreyoiw tion of the shaft, 56 the arni -QO fix'ed there 3 ion, engages (a stud 32 and thereby rotates the cei'ri'er one eighth ofai'evoliition in the direction of the arrow-iii Figured -At the semeftiine the driver stud 88' of the a'cjtu'atoi' Whee1f87 engages and rotates the star Wheel 86 one fourth. of. a i'evolutioii,-.i'otsiting thea gea1'-'s,ec1;or49 a half'o'scilla-t'io'n byineans 'df crankwheel-m and coniiectingrod 7 3,, time 1 Fig-arses I,,i-itithe'second revolution of the shaft fiesand of making provision tha' t ione"card only, I

At, the third revolution of the the arm 90 again engages a studi32 rotatmg the armf90,again'engages a stud 32, rotating thecarr er another eighthfof a revolution andthe, driver-,istudiiig turns the star Wheel 86 another fourth of a revolution. rotating t-he gear sect-or 49 anotherhalfoscillation the "same direction, 'therebvv moving 'the'card I racks another half stroke inflthe same direc-j I t'io'n," bringing the parts to theposition shown in Figures 6 and- 12. v

shai tg56,

the carrier, another eighth 0t; a involution;

"At. this time the gears and 61 V have rotatedl the cam M to a positiontorai e the starpwheel .86 out of the path of them vcri.

, stud; 88 so i that the star wheel-is not rotated;

{the "carn63 by means of a slidejhar 82 and ,leVer'Sl; moves push bar 85 against a lug 8O releasing the cross 'head74c from stud J78; pain 62, by means of pushrod 66 and lever [67 moves connectin red 70 and rot-ates sear flsecto r 4-9 back aooinplete oscillation, therebyf:moving the card racks, a full; stroke; and connecting rod '73, slides thecross head Z4i in guicles to theot'her side of crank T2, Where it is locked by stud 78? returning the parts to the' position shown in Figures r 63 and 12 for the beginning of a newcy'cle. Reference may be made to the planand I Y diagrammatic view 'QlI-7FlgIlI'B '16 m which dythe severalsides of the octagon shaped cabinet ,(and throughwhoseilvvindows'the display cards carried by' the racks, are

seen) aremarked as stations. 1to--8-both inclusive. f- The cards (upon which the display'material: isprinted) are marked A, 13,-

C, 1), E,"F,- ;G; and liq-Each rack carried;

threecardsP-For example, the cards on-rack A are manked A yA and-A J In the eight shifts of the! carrie -during itshfirst comsented to viewat stationsl 4:, and 7 durmg the second lQVOllltlOllfflll stations.2, 5, and 8; and during the th rd revolution, at

stationsfi andfi; so that the said certain "card :WlllillilVG appeared at each off the eight Windows. It is'obvious that While card A is at-st,ation 2, the card'Afjis at windoivat station 2;} and While card 'is at station -3;'; the card A -1s at, station 3, and so (on,

h during the action otfth-e carrier.

, the shifting 'f What is true otthe travel-of rack niand theEXlllbltlOlllDf its cards at thevnhdows, slalso true .of' each" of the racks, so that during. three revolutions of the; carrier,

' 1 common center; of tiers of cards the bottom lcardlofeachj tierof one group er set}, and. the top carcl-.of-each't1er of. the ;,oth'er group or set of t1ers ,"b'eing at a common attitude} insure the retention of tlrecarrier at steadied and hxed status when at the location during its displayor exhibition.

of; each tierQma'y be visible.

the several parts of the invention-being posi tive, and through gearing and connections inwv'hich there is no lost inotion, theoperation of the machinei dependable, and is not liable to interruption or derangement. i To the pause when the cards are at the Windows, the latch detents 27 Which-engage the recesses 26' on the underside of the-lower plate. of the carrier, are provided. l Vhile this latching device holdsthe carrier against any possible vibratiomit permitsfthe carrier to be readilv released when the carrieractuab,

ing means become operative. a

By our invention, a large volume of displayz'or; advertisingmatter may be handled and exhibited to thevision of observers view.-

ing the cabinet fromany direction. The entire machinebeing compact and close-built,

occu 'ies"coniparative1y little space considering its large capacity for effecting the dis 7 play ofadverti'sing material. --Each card is given equal-opportunity and advantage in .Acccss to the interior of the cabinet forthe purposeof installing the carc'son the;

hingedconnections 930i one or: more ofth e panels .9 of the cabinet.

Fastenlngs for the cards may consist resilient sheet metal clips33 bywvhich the cardsare rem'ovably fastened to the several rack frames. 7 I U While the form and structurejand details of the several elements-are practical and "are Iconsideredas'the preferred form" in} their plet'e revolution,"the card W ll have been pre -f.

racks, or; for arranging or rearranging the same, or for any purpose, sprovidecliorby ion several features,: for carrying our invention into effect, it Will-be understood that same are subject toc'hange and modification ivithin the range oiequivalentsand ofthescope oi the invention as defined in tl1e.appended claims, and thatfminormechanical mod'ificar lQA-ivall having a rangeof'spacedvvin-a v 5 doWs thereinga carrier. card racksinovable on the carrierandat a right angle to the Win.-

.(lOWS, means tojshift the jcarriera distance equivalent tothe space betweenthe windows, means to move the card racks, devices to actuatetlie card rack moving ineansicoincidentljfivith the shift of the carrier, adriver, and power transmitting connect ons between the ,-dr1ver and the shifting and mov ng vmeans and the said actuating devices.

j 2. displaying mechanism, comprising a '-.Well .le y ng a; mess stewed W se? shift the vt 2,0, iate the 521 d card'ra 'm ving 11mm to move th 1 verse ,directlon the d stance oi the total pre vio eo n m vem n s othe rac s therein, a termi e, rd r ek mevable on-the.

carrier and at a tangle "to the windows, cards spaced on ,sa ks, means vto i, r .tli.

dowsnmeans to [moi-{e 0 th card acl'rs consecutively, in one. direction, dev ces ,to act'uatetheca 1 -k nd de to ae i atelth Gain rh f ng means with each, ctua'tion" ofthecard rack,

ite a strike inv tes ,movingineans nent having distance of the ,total, previous con'secutive me mlent s mu'lt ne' l l 'h th ehif f I i l tt n time a. a moving and carrier sh tting means and t e the Cllfdl1fl11'gfthe interval of time s Qii- 11 -I l ;9i, the

movingineans,adriver,andpoiver-t' nsrnit i 15 tinglconneotionsb tween the dr iver, e aid t1 ing devices.

- actuating .deviee moving and shi A displayin on the said racks, means to shift the carrier a distance center to center'of w1n'do s, means to move the'card racks, devices to actuate the 1 card rack moving meansto move the card racks consecutively in .one d1rect1on,-and de vices to actuate the card rack moving means to move the card racks in a reverse direction the distance of the total previous consecutive movements, coincidently with" the shift, of

the carrier, a driver, and power transmitting connections between the dr1ve'r,,th e said movin and shifting means, and the sa1d'actuat- 4:. A card the said racks, means to 'shi'ftthe carrier a fractional part of complete. rotatiomxmeans to move the card racks, devicesto actuate the card rack moving means to move the-card racks consecutively in" oneldirection, and

devices to actuate the "cardrack movii'ig means-in a reverse directionthe distance of the total previous consecutive movements simultaneously with theshitt of the carrier, a driver, power transmitting connections between the driver, the said rack moving and carrier shifting means and the Sald=2lCiZH-- sting devices, and, an enclosure casement having windows atregistration with the said card racks. v a a p v 5. A card'd splaying mechanism, comprising a carrier mounted'tor rotativef movement, a card rack movable jvertically on the carrier, a card on said rack, meansto shiftthe 03.11161' a fractional part ofi'icomplete' revolution, means itomove the cardirack, de-

vices to actuate the card rack moving means to move the card rack consecutively'in one direction, and devices-to actuate the-card a rack moving meansin areverse direction the t es aeae e d-E h l a d.

g mechanism, comprising a circular cabinet -havinga"range of spaced Windows, ,a 'zcarnier monnted ,tor rotative f movement :within cabinet, card racks, movable on the carrier at a right angle and adjacent to the Windows, cards spaced apartdisplaying mechanism, compriseing a carrier mounted for 'rotativemovee merit, card racks movable vertically. on the. carrier, cards spaced one above :the other-on I c o'actiiate the -card rack mating meansto movethe card racks 111 a reverse 3 'n nel dir ct on,

dircctionthe distance otthe total previous consecut ve movements simultaneouslywith the Shift 01" the carrier, a driver, power oath/tw t d ir athefa d 1 sa d a tuating t lev 'eia ld an e losure c s "ndoivvs atjposition topermit a.

transmitting connections between the driver, Y

the rack moving and carrier shifting-means andthe said actuating devices, and 'an'en-xj closure having windows arranged .in horizontal alignment, to permit a view of the cardduring the interval of time between the moments of the shifting 01 the carrier.

'7'. A displaying device, comprising a ver- V tical s ded carrier. mounted for rotat-ivemovement, an upper'tierof cards on oppo-v sit-asides of the carrier, a lower tier ot'cards on the opposite sides of the carrier inter-. inediatethe said opposite sides'occupied by the uppertierg the bot-tom card of the upper I tier and. thetopcard of the lower tier being aty-a common altitude, meansto shift the carrier a fraction'alfpart ofacomplete rotation, acabinet to su'rround the carrierand having spaced windows at .the said common altitude, means to move the upper tier down wardly, means to move the lowertier upwarr'dly, av distanc.ecent er to center-of the cards, with consecutive shifts of the carrier, and means operable during. predeterminate shifts of the carrier 'tojmove the tiers in a direction reverse] and=through a distance equalto that traveledby-the tiers in the total oftheir previous consecut ve movements. 8. A displayingdevice, comprising averf'tical sided carrienan'upper tier of cards on opposite sides oi the carrier, a lower-tier of cards-on the OPPOSllLBjSlClGS of-the carrier in! termedi'ate the said' opposite sides occupied bythe uppertiers, the bottom, card of the upper tier and the .itopcard of the lower tier- "being at a "common altitude, means to shiftthe carrier a] fractional part of a complete rotation, a cabinet to surround thecarrier and] having spaced windows'at the said'com inen'altitlide; ejndlheaiisto so niovethe pairs "of tiers, thatwith each shift of the carrier to the other, 10f ea windowsflyy 1 H e e y "9. A displaying mechanism, cemprising e vertiealfsided carrier mounted for rotative.

thei e Will have been a; change from one ee'rd nievement' an upper tier of cards en. the

cardsi on the Opposite sides of the carrier 1'11-1 i ier a fractional part ofcomple'te rotation, at

: 1titude,-and me'ansse operable with regard ytc thec'an ierg the card tiers, and the shield f "or cabinet;v that coincidentlywith ea chshift 1 7 ef the carrier: there is'the chen ge' fron ifpn'e htie at each Of the said;

eaid to" the other of'i ea ch tie'l 'et eaeh (if the Windows.

110. A displaying deviceyeemplfi'sing 3, Vertleal sided carrier, enil pper tler-ofcar'ds on '25 the opposite s des of the'ca'rrlena lowertier of cardson thejoppesite sides Ofthe carrier intermediate the pp pesite sides oecup'iedby" the upper tiers, the bottom card of the upper; f tier andfthe 'tep 'card of, the lower-tier being 30 zit a cornmenaltitude, a 'cabinetor'shieldto sui'round the car'rier'and having spaced Will 'dows at the saideomhionaltitude, 'a'ndmeans Y so operable With "regardite the carrier; the

eardtiers', and the .ca'binet that there is the 35' changing fi'0m one' cztrd'to .th'e otherof each i tier, at each of the windows.

Intestimony whereof e affixeursigha-f ture's;

FREDRIOK C. KAISER:

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